AMMAN — Bassem Awadallah
and Sharif Abdul-Rahman Hassan Al Hashem are set to stand trial tomorrow at the
State Security Court in the case dubbed “sedition”, according to Mohammad Afifi,
Awadallah’s lawyer.
اضافة اعلان
In remarks to
Jordan
News, Afifi pointed to the proceedings of the case.
"Regardless of the
public and media attention, the court will only consider what is admitted in
the case file. The proceedings and procedures are clearly described and
stipulated in the Code of Criminal Procedure, whether the trial will be held
behind closed doors or be admissible to the public. That is a matter for the
court to decide; however, customarily it should be public to aid justice."
During the past days,
Jordanians circulated what was presumed to be leaked communications between
Prince Hamza and the Sharif. Afifi, downplayed the impact of said leaks.
"The court will
only consider what is admitted in the case file and will not consider anything
else," the lawyer said.
Afifi expected the court
proceedings to be relatively short.
"I do not think it
will exceed four or five months. The prosecution has five witnesses and the
defense witnesses are in Jordan so it should not be hard to bring them to the
witness stand."
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